He died in 1858, and rests at Wheeling Cemetery in Wheeling, Illinois.[1]
Sources
Aitken Ancestors (and descendants) by Annette M. Allen (version 11/1/1999)
↑ 1.01.1 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 March 2021), memorial page for Thomas Edwards (6 May 1784–17 Jan 1858), Find a Grave Memorial no. 47096826, citing Wheeling Cemetery, Wheeling, Cook County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by L Winslow (contributor 46875728) .
↑ 2.02.1 Roberts, Clarence Vernon & Warren Smedley Ely, 1925. “Early Friends Families of Upper Bucks, with Some Accounts of Their Descendants: Historical and Genealogical Information about the Early Settlers in Upper Bucks County, Pennsylvania.” (Excerpted from https://www.google.com/books/edition/Early_Friends_Families_of_Upper_Bucks_wi/WAlM0vn_TgkC?hl=en&gbpv=0 : 13 Mar 2021). Baltimore: Clearfield Company, Inc. (Reprint 1975), p. 111, 601.
↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z4-FWDW : 5 August 2020), Thomas Edwards and Hannah Myers, 15 Jan 1810; citing Marriage, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 March 2021), memorial page for Ann Thomas (1814–17 Mar 1849), Find a Grave Memorial no. 25149815, citing Northfield Oakwood Cemetery, Northbrook, Cook County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by L Winslow (contributor 46875728).
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 March 2021), memorial page for Francis Edwards (29 Jan 1816–13 May 1893), Find a Grave Memorial no. 25149319, citing Northfield Oakwood Cemetery, Northbrook, Cook County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by L Winslow (contributor 46875728) .
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 March 2021), memorial page for Sarah J Edwards (1832–1 Mar 1844), Find a Grave Memorial no. 47096825, citing Wheeling Cemetery, Wheeling, Cook County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by L Winslow (contributor 46875728) .
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